Complete database of events related to the internal armed conflict in Peru, extracted from the Final Report of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (CVR). 5,159 events documented from 1817 to 2003.
In January 2003, on the 20th anniversary of the Uchuraccay massacre, it was expected that a ruling would be issued on the statute of limitations. However, the judicial authorities considered that the legal period for the process to remain in reserve is 30 years, which means that the statute of …
Testimony recorded in December 2002 in Junín. The testimony is part of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission's documentation on the psychological and emotional effects of political violence in Peru. The testimony is cited in the context of the discussion of feelings of powerlessness and the impossibility of accessing a justice …
The TRC organized workshops with Asháninka communities in Satipo to discuss reconciliation. The communities expressed hope for reparations but also distrust towards the State. The participants stated that the State, through its institutions, has not participated in anything, has not repaired the damage, has not done justice and has not …
Testimony documenting experiences of detention and torture during the internal armed conflict. The testimony is part of the CVR's compilation of human rights violations. It is mentioned in the context of cases where the victims could not count on a system that would guarantee the possibility of a fair trial …
The Special Prosecutor's Office for Forced Disappearances conducted an exhumation in Ccarpaccasa with the participation of international experts from the CVR and experts from the Forensic Investigation Unit. The remains of the 4 victims executed in 1983 were located. Studies were carried out in a morgue in Ayacucho between August …
Antenógenes Haro Cruz requested the reopening of the investigation before the First Mixed Provincial Prosecutor's Office of Huaraz. The Prosecutor's Office ordered an extended police investigation against Roberto Espejo, Juan Sotelo Ibaceta and several members of the National Police: William Gioves Manrique, Francisco Arenas Osorio, Rufino Rosas Factor, Claudio Flores …
The Constitutional Court issued a ruling on Case No. 1277-99-AC/TC that established the concept of special or reasoned pardon as a form of recognition of a miscarriage of justice. The ruling stated that it is a sui generis type of benefit, applicable exclusively in cases in which an innocent person …
The Criminal Chamber of the Supreme Court, made up of five justices, did not reach the four votes required by its Organic Law to resolve a jurisdictional dispute over the La Cantuta case. The vote was three to two in favor of the military jurisdiction. A second vote was then …
The Chamber of Deputies of the Peruvian Congress agreed to declare the constitutional accusation against former president Alan García Pérez for the prison massacre that took place in 1986. This accusation took place in the context of the end of his presidential term and the beginning of Alberto Fujimori's government. …
The Eighth Correctional Court of the Superior Court of Lima sentenced Aida Mendoza Mateo to an indeterminate prison term of no less than twenty-five years for her participation in the murder of Rear Admiral Carlos Ponce Canessa. The conviction was based on evidence obtained at the police level that included …
President Alan Garcia Perez demands the immediate punishment of those responsible for the death of 300 inmates accused of terrorism. This statement comes in the context of the report presented in March 1988 by Senator Rolando Ames Cobián on the events that took place in three prisons in June 1986. …
Senator Rolando Ames Cobián presents a detailed report on the events that took place in three prisons in June 1986. In his report, he argues that the mass murder of inmates should not go unpunished and requests the intervention of the Judiciary to punish those found guilty. This report was …
The Second Criminal Chamber of the Supreme Court of the Republic declared that all aspects of the conviction for the Socos massacre were not null and void. The Supreme Court confirmed the prison and disqualification sentences imposed on the eleven members of the Civil Guard responsible for the murder of …
The Congress of the Republic approved Law 24700, which established specific time periods for judicial proceedings in terrorism cases. This law determined an investigation period of ten days and an investigation period of sixty days for cases related to terrorism crimes. The law sought to expedite judicial proceedings against persons …
Carlos Langberg, who had been sentenced to 14 years in prison for illicit drug trafficking, was granted parole on October 2, 1986. This benefit was granted when he had served one third of his sentence. Langberg's case was mentioned in the context of the political and judicial events of October …
The First Mixed Chamber of the Correctional Court of Ayacucho sentenced eleven members of the Civil Guard for the murder of 32 inhabitants of Socos. The sentences ranged from 10 to 25 years in prison. The police officers were found to have executed the peasants, tampered with evidence and persecuted …
On June 29, 1986, a new communiqué appeared from the IU National Directive Committee in which it demanded the clarification of the events that took place in the prisons and the punishment of anyone responsible for the tragic events of June 18.
The Second Criminal Chamber of the Supreme Court of the Republic issued a decision ruling that the judicial investigation into the disappearance of Jaime Ayala Sulca should be heard by the ordinary courts, rejecting the request of the Military Justice to transfer the case to the military courts. This decision …
The Supreme Court dismissed a jurisdictional dispute raised by a police judge in the case of the murder of Jesús Oropeza. This decision allowed the case to continue to be heard by the common courts and not to be transferred to the military justice system, which was a common practice …
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